Friends and Birth Control

First of all, I would like to say I am so happy to be making new friends in school and connecting with old ones. I needed to know I wasn't always doomed to just have Mormon friends from here on out. Not that I don't love my Mormon friends, I mean Melanie, Jeni, Danielle, Cassie, Kristal, Samantha, Ashley, Sir Ryan, Crisco, etc., you are guys are the greatest. I just never saw myself ever becoming an insular person who takes comfort surrounding ones self with people that are so much alike in beliefs and style of living. It is safer and more comfortable to do that for some, but what do you learn? Inspiration in this world often comes from the investigation of the unknown and open mindedness to all thought. We don't have to be of the world, but to get the greatest understanding we must openly invite persons of different ideas and ways of doing things to fully understand where we sit in the stand in the this world. Don't be afraid of different people! Cherish them, they often enlighten our souls more than any other person can.


Other than the good things going on amidst my crazy life, this week has been such a mood altering week! Yes! I have been in the dumps since I have gotten married, not because of my wonderful Derrick, but because of the dreaded birth control shot call Depo Provera. Yeah, I am talking about birth control, but it really has effected my life this last year. I wouldn't usually blog something so personal, but I feel people should know the truth about this drug. For those who knew me before, I bet most of you would say I lost my crazy streak and happy-go-lucky nature. Finally, we connected the dots of why I have been acting so unlike myself. So sorry my pregnant friends waiting for me to jump on the baby bandwagon, I am coming off birth control for health and not a baby! It is just not worth living life with a mood altering cloud constantly over your head for a .03% chance of getting pregnant. We are still preventing with not as effective ways. We have come to the conclusion, if we get pregnant that sucks for us, but we will rise to the challenge and we know it will turn into a blessing even if we aren't ready for it right this second.

My advice for anyone wanting to use the birth control shot: DON'T DO IT! The almost absolute pregnancy protection, not having to remember a pill, or follow a cycle and lack of having a period is great. Though the mental side effects like sadness, mood swings, loss of the bodies calcium and the fatigue aren't so great. Not to mention most women can't even have a chance of getting pregnant for at least 6 months after taking the drug. For some it takes years for them to ovulate correctly again to make it possible to get pregnant. Doctors don't even mention those after effects of the shot! And for the effects during the doctors say it is all very mild and make it less of a deal than it is. Don't take it and hurt your health like I did!

It must be so!

I must be having a baby because that's when everyone seems to create a BlogSpot. Or I am just breaking the mold and starting early in the family blogging. It's the latter. No babies for me.


So what do I write for my first blog? Maybe an introduction? I work Sunshine Animal Hospital, go to school at Ozarks Technical Community College or OTC ('bout to finish and on to a major university!), play viola in the Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra, and serve at church. Huh. Busy, but mundane. Kinda boring to talk about. What about Derrick? He works as a GIS Technician (map making) at the Springfield, Missouri Police department, goes to school at OTC as well, dances with the Springfield Ballet and serves at church. Hum. Not much more interesting.


I suppose the interest of our lives can be attributed two our dogs, Addie and Crockett. For those that don't know our dogs, know they are insane. Addie is a "Teagle", Beagle/ Terrier mix and Crockett is a Minature Schnauzer. Lately Addie has been working on eating a "white trash" hole in the linoluim smack dab in the middle of the kitchen. She also has suffciently eaten the cushions on the love seat. Crockett as usual embarrassed me at the vet I work at today. I had to weigh them both to get the correct dosage of the heartworm preventative called Interceptor and as expected he went into a screaming fit when another dog was spotted. Yes, a screaming fit. Crockett not only barks when upset or anxious, but screams like a little demon. Actually, it really does sound vicious, although Crockett is about as vicious as carrot. P.S- The picture is from April when Addie was a lot younger and we first adopted Crockett which meant he was an unshaven wild man.

By the way, isn't our BlogSpot title awesome? My maiden name is Anderson and I married the non-related Derrick Anderson, thus we are the "Andersons Squared." Ha! I guess thats all for now until something interesting occurs.